Waler clamp and tie rod assembly for a concrete wall form

Claim 1

IN A CONCRETE WALL FORM, IN COMBINATION, FRONT AND REAR OPPOSED UPSTANDING SPACED APART SIDES, EACH SIDE BEING COMPRISED OF A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL PANELS DISPOSED IN EDGE-TO-EDGE RELATIONSHIP, EACH PANEL INCLUDING A RECTANGULAR PLYWOOD PANEL FACING AND A RECTANGULAR MARGINAL REINFORCING FRAME INCLUDING VERTICAL STEEL SIDE MEMBERS AND HORIZONTAL STEEL END MEMBERS, EACH PANEL HAVING ONE OF ITS VERTICAL SIDE MEMBERS ABUTTING A VERTICAL SIDE MEMBER OF AN ADJACENT PANEL, THERE BEING A HOLE IN EACH OF THE ABUTTING SIDE MEMBERS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HEIGHT IN THE WALL FORM WHEREBY THE HOLES ARE IN REGISTRY, A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED WALES POSITIONED AGAINST THE OUTER SIDE OF THE FRONT SIDE OF THE FORM, AND A WALER CLAMP AND TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FOR MAINTAINING THE FORM SIDES SPACED AND FOR CLAMPING THE WALES HARD AGAINST SAID FRONT SIDE, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING TIE ROD FORMED FROM FLAT RIBBON LIKE METAL STOCK AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE FORM, THE ROD BEING TWISTED MEDIALLY OF ITS ENDS TO PROVIDE A REAR SECTION THE PLANE OF WHICH EXTENDS VERTICALLY AND A FRONT SECTION THE PLANE OF WHICH EXTENDS HORIZONTALLY, THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF SAID REAR SECTION EACH BEING PROVIDED WITH A SLOT THEREIN, SAID ENDS PROJECTING BETWEEN ABUTTING SIDE MEMBERS, CLAMPING DEVICES PROJECTING THROUGH THE REGISTERING HOLES AND THE SLOTS IN THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE REAR SECTION OF THE TIE ROD AND SERVING TO CLAMP THE ABUTTING SIDE MEMBERS TOGETHER, THE MEDIAL REGION OF THE REAR SECTION OF THE TIE ROD SPANNING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO FORM SIDES, SAID FRONT SECTION OF THE TIE ROD PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY BETWEEN THE WALES AND HAVING ITS EXTREME FORWARD REGION OVERHANDING THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE WALES, THERE BEING A SLOT IN THE OVERHANGING EXTREME FORWARD REGION OF SAID FRONT SECTION, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED WEDGE PROJECTING THROUGH THE LAST MENTIONED SLOT AND SERVING EFFECTIVELY TO APPLY TENSION TO THE TIE ROD AND THUS FORCE THE WALES HARD AGAINST SAID FRONT FORM SIDE, AND A FLAT METAL PLATE INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE WEDGE AND WALES FOR TRANSMITTING THE FORCE OF THE WEDGE TO SAID WALES, THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID PLATE BEING FORMED WITH AN OUT-TURNED FLANGE HAVING A SLOT THEREIN OVERLYING AND IN VERTICAL REGISTER WITH THE SLOT IN THE OVERHANGING REGION OF THE TIE ROD, SAID WEDGE PROJECTING THROUGH BOTH OF SAID SLOTS.